I usually write this column based on whatever music I’m listening to during the week. Along with this column, my radio show on Wednesday nights follows the same idea, an hour of what I’ve been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You might not know the song “Amen Brother” by the Winstons, but chances are you've heard it. Or a part of it. The song's drum ...

Hip-hop has always been about individuality, defining your own corner of the genre with a style so specific to each artist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dj premier gang starr. Hip-hop turned 50 last year. During that half-century, the technology used to create this globally ...

Any conversation regarding the historical context of rap music will almost certainly rely heavily on the near ritualistic practice of sampling, essentially using older songs as the basis as the basis ...

As an art form, sampling has been evolving for 35 years now. That's about how long ago it's been since the legendary producer Marley Marl revolutionized hip-hop production when, almost by accident, he ...

When the origins of sampling in Hip-hop come up in conversation nowadays, many people tend to look to the more innovative examples. From using bits of ...

We’re still reeling from last week’s loss of funk legend Sly Stone, who suffered from a prolonged battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It’s hard to even capture in words how profound and ...

Lizzo called out music sampling laws as racially biased during a Million Dollaz Worth of Game interview and accused the system of criminalizing Hip-Hop’s roots. Lizzo called out music sampling laws ...

In an interview with 'Million Dollaz Worth of Game', the musician spoke about how sampling polices Black creativity Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.